Woman SPO killed by suspected militants in south Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 16 : Suspected militants on Saturday killed a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) of J&K police in south Kashmir district of Shopian.Official sources said that suspected militants fired at a woman SPO, identified as Kushboo, outside her residence in village Vehil in Shopian at around 2.40pm on Saturday. “The injured was immediately taken to a hospital, where she succumbed,” they said.They said security forces have been rushed and a search operation has been launched to nab the attackers. This is for the first time that a woman police personnel was attacked in the valley in the last over a decade.UNI